Masakatsu Funaki
| Masakatsu Funaki | |
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Funaki in 2010
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| Born |
March 13, 1969 Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
| Other names | Yomigaetta Samurai ("Modern Day Samurai") |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Style | Shoot wrestling, Catch wrestling, |
| Teacher(s) | Yoshiaki Fujiwara |
| Years active | 1993–2000, 2007–2008 (MMA) 1985–1993, 2009–present (Professional wrestling) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 53 |
| Wins | 39 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 34 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 8 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Masakatsu Funaki (船木 誠勝?) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, PWFG, UWF and Wrestle-1. He is also the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations and non-rehearsed shoot wrestling promotions (following five years after the inception of Shooto but predating America's Ultimate Fighting Championship). Funaki was also Pancrase's biggest star; Josh Barnett described him as the "symbol of Japan", Frank Shamrock labeled Funaki "the golden boy" of Pancrase, and Guy Mezger called Funaki "hands down the smartest and most skilled fighter in Pancrase next to Ken Shamrock".
Not only the organization's co-founder, Funaki was also one of Pancrase's most successful fighters to date, scoring submission victories over numerous MMA champions such as Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger, Yuki Kondo, Minoru Suzuki and Bas Rutten through the course of his 50-fight career. He is the only fighter in mixed martial arts to hold wins over both Shamrock brothers and Bas Rutten, and was the first man to win the King of Pancrase title twice.
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